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Basic
Clinical
Models
Models (all)
Animal - mouse
Animal - rat
Animal - rabbit
Animal - cat
Animal - sheep
Animal - marmoset
Animal - non-human primate
Human
Animal - dog
Animal - pig
Research field
Cells
Cell lines
Other
Genetics I Epidemiology
Genetics / epidemiology (all)
Epidemiology
Genetics of type 1 diabetes
Genetics of type 2 diabetes
Islets
Islets (all)
Monogenic forms of diabetes
Genomics/proteomics
Gene therapy
Islets
Insulin synthesis
Insulin secretion in vitro
Transplantation / Immunology
Transplantation / immunology (all)
Beta cell signal transduction
Islet degeneration and damage
Islet development
Other islet cells/hormones
Experimental immunology
Clinical immunology
Prediction and prevention of type 1 diabetes
Pancreas transplantation
Islet transplantation
Stem cells

Pathophysiology I Metabolism
Pathophysiology / metabolism (all)
Insulin action
Insulin sensitivity and resistance
Insulin secretion in vivo
Hormone receptors
Transcription factors
Gastro-entero pancreatic factors
Cytokines
Clinical Science and Care
Clinical science and care (all)
Clinical diabetes
Nutrition and diet
Insulin therapy
Oral pharmacological agents
Hypoglycaemia
Devices
Exercise
Complications
Complications (all)
Neuropathy - somatic
Neuropathy - autonomic, incl. erectile dysfunction
Diabetic foot
Retinopathy
Nephropathy
Hypertension
Techniques
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K/O mice
Microarray
EM
Imaging (MRI, PET, other)
Metabolic physiology in vivo
Mathematical modelling and simulation
Other hormones, action
Glucose transport
Carbohydrate metabolism
Protein metabolism
Lipid metabolism
Weight regulation and obesity
Metabolic syndrome
Prediction and prevention of type 2 diabetes
Diabetes in childhood
Pregnancy
Health care delivery
Education
Psychological aspects
Socioeconomic aspects
Information Technology
Lipids, lipoproteins
Cardiac complications
Macrovascular disease
Microvascular disease
Glycation, AGE
Oxidative stress
Endothelium
Pathogenic mechanisms
Assay methods
Proteomics
Metabonomics
Gene transfection
Biological statistics
Other